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Day Two: From Cultural Research to Design Frederik
Molenschot Presentation Frederik Molenschot's focus is on the society and how people live together, move and consume. He stated that his inspiration started often with the traces that people left behind. He tried to conclude about people's habit and the use of their surroundings through studying these traces. People lives are sensitive to the changes in the environment, the weather could affect one's emotion to an unexpected extend. One of the Molenschot's works pays attention to this trace of lives and creates new situation for people to perceive this cyclical change. He collaborated with Susanne Happle in a project, called "Solid Poetry Tiles". They developed a tile that would transform and emerge pattern on a rainy day, which turns the normally undesirable humid wall condition into beauty. He also creates wall-hanging/room-divider with multi-colored leaves made of felt, which can be combined by way of tab and slot to create a waterfall of mixed leaves, cascading down as a visual installation with practical uses. His observation and analysis on the society also steers his design for social concern. In the beginning of 2005, Molenschot started to be involving in a project for children society. In the project Molenschot work on the concept for a children's book and website named the Peer's World. He has collected a lot of information concerning young children in different parenthoods. The goal of the project is to reach these children. The standardized stereotypes that are available to children nowadays would actually let these children to stigmatize their own lives and situations. The project would result in a children book with very diverse information for parents and children. The diverse scenarios would help the children to recognize not only the dignity of their lives and families, but also other peers that are sharing this diversification. The book is partly autobiographical, still in progress. Molenschot has also designed a tablecloth based on this project, which bringing this idea into people's lives through another way.
Frederik Molenschot (Breda, The Netherlands, 1981) was born into a big family who owned worldwide Industries in Scales. He graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2004. During his studies, he discovered that design is about finding harmony and excitement between people and their surroundings. Nowadays, Frederik is working at his own studio in the centre of Amsterdam, which was founded in 2005, designing concept, interiors, products, public spaces, furniture and graphic/illustrations. Frederik’s design is sensitive to the changes of environment. One of his well-known works is the acclaimed “Solid Poetry Tiles” (in collaboration with Susanne Happle), which transform themselves when wet, turning the normally undesirable humid wall condition into beauty. He also creates wall-hanging/room divider with multi-coloured leaves made of felt, which can be combined by way of tab and slot to create a waterfall of mixed leaves, cascading down as a visual installation with practical uses. In the beginning of 2005, Frederik started to make a children’s book and website named Peers World, about children with different parenthoods, this book is partly autobiographical, still in progress. He also founded in 2006 the Stichting Circus Design Amsterdam, a collective of designers, artists, filmmakers and photographers with a shared vision on design and entertainment. Website: www.frederikmolenschot.nl; www.circusdesign.nl |
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